Famous People From Sumy
- Karl Burman (1882–1965), Estonian architect; was born in Sumy
- Lev Yefimovitch Kerbel, Soviet sculptor
- Oleh Husyev (born 1983), Ukrainian football player
- Ekaterina Tsibulskaya, polyglot, traveller, philosopher, historian
- Bogdan Titomir (born 1967), Russian musician, rapper and DJ
- Viktor Yushchenko (born 1954), President of Ukraine
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